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Allentown commission backs plans for East Side apartment complex
Developer Manny Makhoul wants to put 180 housing units on an undeveloped lot north of East Hamilton Street that covers about 17 acres.
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Controller calls for changes in Lehigh County’s child-advocate program
The controller's report — published in mid-July — says the Guardian ad Litem program in Lehigh County lacks centralization, oversight and consistency in billing and compensation. That undermines "public trust in child welfare proceedings," he said.
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Iconic bridge in Allentown’s Lehigh Parkway to close for $2.5M restoration project
Bogert’s Covered Bridge is due to close Sept. 15; it’s expected to be out of commission for about a year, officials said Thursday.
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Allentown Commerce Park warehouse project, drive-thru coffee shop back on agenda
The Allentown City Planning Commission first approved plans at the proposed Commerce Park site in 2016.
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Council, investigators unveil recommendations from Allentown City Hall probe, but few details
Attorneys from Duane Morris LLC and Allentown City Council's solicitor repeatedly said they could provide no further information about what investigators learned while interviewing more than 40 people and poring over tens of thousands of pages of documents because they are "personnel matters."